Exercise 1a Greetings

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Vocab Check –up: Write the English translation for each of the following Yiddish greetings/phrases on the line below them.

שלום עַליכם!

Shalom aleykhm!

עַליכם שלום!

Aleykhm Shalom!

אַ גוטן

A guten

אַ גוטן טאָג

A guten tog

אַ גוט מאָרגען

A gut morgen

אַ גוטן אָוונט

A gutn ovent

אַ גוטע נאַכט

A gute nakht!

אַ גוט יאָר

A gut yor

אַ גוטן חודש

A gutn choydesh

וואָס איז נײַעס?

Vas iz nayes?

וואָס טוט זיך?

Vas tut zikh?

וואָס הערט זיך?

Vas hert zikh?

וואָס מאַכסטו?

Vas makhstu?

זײַ געזונט

Zay Gezunt

לעב געזונט

Leb Gezunt

זײַ מצליח

Zay matzliakh

Hey wadda you say? Answer the following questions with the vocab taught in this lesson. Write the answer in the Hebrew script or Yivo transliteration.

1. How will you greet your friends on January 1^st? ____________________________

2. What will you ask your college buddy when you bump into him at the Yiddish theater in the city? _________________________________________________

3. How will you greet Gus the bus driver in the morning? ________________________

4. What will Gus reply? ________________________________________________

5. What is your favorite Yiddish Greeting? _________________________________

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